Music & Night life

Chuck Burton

The Avett Brothers will co-headline the Marcus Amphitheater on Summerfest's opening night June 26. The Americana band is one of 64 headliners announced by comedian Lewis Black in a YouTube video Thursday morning.

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Where is the modern Rock? Skillet seems to be the only one on the list. I recognize alot of the bands/artists, but I'm not 50 and I'm not into the Pop for 20 year olds....Where is the Rock that the Rave, Brat Stop and Austin's Fuel Room can seem to pull in, yet "The Worlds Largest Music Festival" can't? Heck...not even 1 Country act is on that list!

Coming from a country fan- you have Jana Kramer, Craig Morgan, Kip Moore, Phil Vassar on free stages. Luke Bryan with Thompson Square and Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw at Marcus. Plus outside of Summerfest 2 ONLY country fests in Wisconsin that other genres don't really have (that I know of) in Country Thunder/Country USA. JustBrad you are the definition of a complainer. If anything people should be complaining about too many country concerts in Wisconsin. Which I do hear plenty of as well haha.

Sorry I don't count shows at the Amp. I'm going to see Jason Aldean, but I had to pay $75 to do so....4 Artists on free stages over 11 days? You're right....that's thrilling! And as I said earlier, they weren't listed on the first post.

JustBrad- Stubhub has dozens of tickets to Jason Aldean for $45. You didn't "have to" do anything.

My personal expectations for Summerfest are 3-5 acts that I want to see over the 11 days. I'll usually go to 2-3 of them. I find Summerfest to be very convenient, a good value, and typically pretty fun. This year will be no different.

JustBrad- Based on your thumbs up/thumbs down ratio, I think everyone just wants you to go away.

You said you go to Summerfest 4-5 times a year earlier. I'm sure those 4 country artists will be on seperate nights. There are your 4 nights plus Jason Aldean equals potentially 5 nights. Once again, you are a complainer. If you don't like those country artists or the multiple other artists people have listed for you, you should probably get on the Summerfest staff to do something about it!

I'm happy with the variety of the acts in this initial lineup. I saw Imagine Dragons in Vegas a couple months back and they put on a great show. It's also encouraging to see new acts such as AWOLnation be added to the list. If there is one thing I would like to see improved it is the removal of perenially performers such as REO, leave that for the classy State Fair types. I would also like to see Summerfest host one of the weekends with Lollapolloza type quality. (Charge more for the one weekend with multiple national headliners). There is something magical about paying $6 for a Miller Lite in 80 degree weather along the lake.

$5 says there is a reference to this being a Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, or Summerfest Compensation Exec issue.

Looks like a pretty darn good lineup, but where is the EDM acts???? Come on! At least last year we had Paul Oakenfold and Tiesto, but this year, nothing. Can't we sacrifice 1 or 2 of the 731 country acts?

Complain about Reo Speedwagon and styx etc all you want, but have you seen how large the crowds are for them when they play at summerfest. There very large. Brad I too go to see stuff that plays the rave, brat stop, Austins fuel room etc. So far they have skillet and Drowning Pool. I am sure more bands will be added.

The lineup so far has several things I enjoy. I enjoy classic stuff along with new rock and metal bands. So far I am enjoying the lineup. Im sure theres more good stuff to be announced.